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CONSIDER THE DIMES. 



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Copyright 1887 
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Harriet N. Lodge. Indianapolis. 



CONSIDER THE LILIES, 

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BY HARRIET N. LODGE. 



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Cliftondale, Mass. 
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Fairer than visions of sculptured art : 

Fairer than cloudlets sailing the blue : 
Fairer than any mystical part. 

( )t God's dear mess ige to me and v< >n. 



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Lovely lilies! Mow did ye grow ? 

Watching and waiting the long night thro' 
No restless endeavor, no wearied brow. 

Reveals the problem of how ye grew. 



Rest and repose in vour garmented white. 

Toil not, nor spin : unconsciously grow. 
Open-wide lilv. with visage so bright; 

Shall lilies teach mortals to silently know 



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Silently list for the sound of I lis feet : 
Silently teach by calm, trusting lives : 

Silently hear His image complel 

Silently wait as the faint heart shrives? 



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Sweetly your message from [leaven is given ; 

Noiselessly comes your beacon of rest : 
Each wears a signet : aye, when have ye striven 

Thy star of peace is a heavenly crest. 



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"Consider the lilies:"' The mountain's still air, 
keceiveth in silence their burst of delight; 

As the dawn of the morning, the unspoken prayer 
The voice of the Master "Let there he Light.' 



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•' Let there be Light ! "' Pale priestess fair 
Mutelv your lips the glad tidings sing; 

Pearly-white lily-bells, ring on the air, 
The jovous dawn of Eternal Spring! 



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